The Russellville Democrat., 1887-01-26
WASHINGTON.

| Saturday. Loss e4.0OO. Mrs. Judge Cordsll died Saturday al Pleasant Hill. J. w. Tucker, city recorder, | died same day at California. Thomas G. l Saunders disi in Paris. | Gen. Lew Wallace lectured in St. Louil last Saturday evening. The prospects are encouraging for tn, short line road from St. Louis to KansaI City.
 l tion in the Kansas City opera house Satur 1-day night.
 There is quite ssfUAss ptessure~ k < brought to bear upon the President in be- half of Thomas Whitticken of Missouri for the Chief Justiceship of Washington Terri tory. 1t is understood that his chances are very good, and that the appointment will be made in B few days.
 -The opposition to the pension bill for Mrs. Logan has assumed such formidable proportions that it's passage by the House is extremely doubtful In case Of the de feat Of the Logan bill, the bill for Mrs. Blair will share the same fate.
 The House-yeas 113; nays, 137-re- fused to take up the interstate commerce conference report to the exclusion of mo- ton to suspend rules.
 Patents have been granted Missouri in ventors as follows: Jean Jameton, St. Louis, composition for blackboards; James C. McCandliss. Barnard, washing g-machine; James F. Smith, Andrew county. steering apparatus for traction engines.
 The bill reported from the committee
 
 of depositors of the Freedman's bank Of Washington contains clause which pro- vides that only the depositors or their legal heirs shall be entitled to the benefits of the bill; but that assignees of the depos- itors shall not be.
 Among those who will be benefited by the Mexican pensions bin are Messrs Nor rison, Forney, Viele and Negey of the house, and Mir. John Rome, the door, keeper at the main entrance of the house, who was a drummerboy and lost an arm Senator Maxey is now the only senator who was an officer during that war The late Senator Logan was Mir. Maxey's com rade in arms m the Mexican campaign.
 In Jasper county Timothy T. rranger was seriously shot by Jourdan Jacobs.
 w. H. Rhoades, brakeman lost his right leg by . railway accident at Pleasant Hill.
 --Alonxo Mckenzie, car-driver of St. Joseph, killed w. H. Long. passenger, with a poker.
 A farmer named Schnesler of Franklin county was victimized out of $500 by a supposed friend named Schaltz.
 -ComptroIler Durham oi the Treasury sent letter to the Sergeant-at-Ar Arms of the House ordering him to stop the pay oi Congressman Wade of Missouri and Curtin of Pennsylvania upon the grounds that they each are indebted to the Government with unsettled accounts, the former while Lieutenant-Colonelo of the Thirty first Ohio Regiment during the war. and the latter aa Minister to Russia. Mfr. Wade, the Comp troller claims owes the Government about $400, while Curtin is debtor to the ex- tent of about $500.
 --Comgressman Sunset" Cox is re garded by his physicians as being in great danger He is very sick, in fact, much worse than the public have any knowledge Of. He is daily growing weaker and bis nearest friends are exceeding apprehensiye scored in the Missouri House of representa- tives Monday in the passage of the Church resolution.
 "A favorable report on Bashaw's nomi. nation for United States district attorney was authorized Monday by the senate slu. dietary committee.
 --Boonville has sent delegration to Jef ierson City to lobby for the state capital removal, having set up active competition with Sedalia.
 Resolutions asking an investigation ol the charges against Auditor Walker were adopted by the house of representatives at Jefferson City Monday. Republicans oi the Missouri legislature held secret" caucus Monday night on prohibition.
 --The name of the post-oflicein Lawrence county, Arkansas known as Uno, has beer changed to Lindsay. Senator Coekrell filed petition signed by eighty citizens of Carrollton, Mo, asidn, for the passage of the pleuro pneumonia bill.
 Senator Vest filed a petition Wednes day urging the repeal of the internal reve nue taxes signed by Myer Bros. drug com pany of Kansas City.
 --The comptroller of the currency ha. authorized the First National bank O Beaver City. Neb., to begin business with 6 capital Of $50,00o.
 It is understood that Col. D. F. Dyer ia on his way to Washington and will be ther, for conference with the attorney-general about the St. Louis prosecutions.